STATE OF NEW YORK
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5009
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 6, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. JACOBS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
Parks and Recreation
AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
relation to the free use of campsites by the immediate family of a
member of the armed forces killed in active duty
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 13.19 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
2 vation law, as amended by chapter 649 of the laws of 1977, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 § 13.19 Free use of parks and campsites. Notwithstanding the
5 provisions of any other law, any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, or
6 an amputee or any veteran of the wars of the United States, who has at
7 any time been awarded by the federal government an allowance towards the
8 purchase of an automobile or is eligible for such an award or is the
9 spouse, parent, child or sibling of a member of the armed forces killed
10 in active duty, shall be permitted to use any of the public campsites,
11 parks and other public places of recreation in this state, upon the same
12 terms and conditions as apply to the general public, but without the
13 payment of any fees or other charges for the use of such campsites,
14 parks and other public places of recreation.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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